MindsEye
{{Video game infobox
| title = MindsEye
| image = MindsEye cover art.png
| developer = Build a Rocket Boy
| publisher = IOI Partners
| engine = Unreal Engine 5
| genre = Action-adventure
| modes = Single-player
| director = Leslie Benzies
| artist = Sebastian Livall
| platforms = {{ubl|Windows|PlayStation 5|Xbox Series X/S}}
| released = 10 June 2025
}}
MindsEye is an upcoming 2025 action-adventure game developed by Build a Rocket Boy and published by IO Interactive. The game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 10 June 2025.
Gameplay
MindsEye is a linear third-person action-adventure game, though it has a "faux-pen" world, similar to Mafia: Definitive Edition. Redrock City served as the game's main playable area.{{Cite web |last=Lewis|first=Catherine |date=2025-03-21 |title=Dystopian action thriller from GTA veteran has a "fake open world," and its devs want playing it to feel like "bingeing your favorite Netflix show" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/action/dystopian-action-thriller-from-gta-veteran-has-a-fake-open-world-and-its-devs-want-playing-it-to-feel-like-bingeing-your-favorite-netflix-show/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=GamesRadar|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Austin |date=2025-02-12 |title=Former GTA 5 lead properly shows off his new city-sized action game coming this summer, and yep, it looks like Cyberpunk 2077 meets GTA |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/former-gta-5-lead-properly-shows-off-his-new-city-sized-action-game-coming-this-summer-and-yep-it-looks-like-cyberpunk-2077-meets-gta/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} As part of the game creation system Everywhere, players are able to add user-generated content to MindsEye{{'}}s world and create content using Everywhere{{'}}s tools, with associate game director Adam Whiting comparing the game to custom Minecraft servers. Assets from MindsEye can also be used in other aspects of Everywhere.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/action/gta-veterans-new-open-world-game-will-belong-to-everyone-almost-like-a-wild-mix-of-roblox-and-minecraft-servers-it-wont-just-be-ours/|title=GTA 5 veteran's new open-world game sounds like a mix of the wildest Roblox and Minecraft servers|first=Kaan|last=Serin|work=GamesRadar|date=March 24, 2025|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}
Premise
In the game, the player assumes control of Jacob Diaz (Alex Hernandez), a former soldier with a mysterious neural implant, known as the MindsEye. Suffering from memory loss and flashbacks, he heads towards the fictional desert metropolis of Redrock, where he aims to discover the secrets behind this implant.{{cite web |last=Marnell |first=Blair |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Ex-GTA Producer's MindsEye Brings Sci-Fi Action To PS5 This Summer |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ex-gta-producers-mindseye-brings-sci-fi-action-to-ps5-this-summer/1100-6529472/ |accessdate=April 3, 2025 |work=GameSpot}}
Development
MindsEye is currently being developed by Build a Rocket Boy, a studio based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Leslie Benzies, known for his work for the Grand Theft Auto games, served as the game's director.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/everywhere-the-ex-gta-devs-game-creator-that-may-be-too-late-to-the-party|title=Everywhere: The Ex-GTA Dev’s Game Creator That May Be Too Late to the Party|first=Matt|last=Purslow|work=IGN|date=March 24, 2023|accessdate=April 3, 2025}} The game was created as a proof of concept for Everywhere, a game creation tool.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/hitman-dev-io-interactive-teaming-with-ex-gta-producers-studio-to-publish-mindseye-working-on-plans-to-announce-release-date|title=Hitman Dev IO Interactive Teaming With Ex-GTA Producer's Studio to Publish MindsEye|first=Kat|last=Bailey|work=IGN|date=October 16, 2024|accessdate=April 3, 2025}} It was envisioned as a premium experience set entirely within the free-to-play Everywhere platform. In 2023, it was revealed by the team that MindsEye will be an episodic game. Each episode of MindsEye will be set in "different time periods and parts of the universe", though the episodes will be connected by an overarching narrative.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/gta-producers-not-crypto-project-everywhere-is-part-episodic-blockbuster-part-roblox-rival|title=GTA producer's not-crypto project Everywhere is part episodic blockbuster, part Roblox rival|first=Tom|last=Phillips|work=Eurogamer|date=March 23, 2023|accessdate=April 3, 2025}} MindsEye was described by the team as a cinematic story-focused game, one that will last for about 15 hours. The narrative will explore themes such as artificial intelligence, technology, greed and corruption.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/mindseye-from-former-rockstar-developers-wants-to-revive-the-tight-linear-cinematic-blockbuster-game|title=MindsEye, from former Rockstar developers, wants to revive the tight, linear, cinematic blockbuster game|first=Chris|last=Tapsell|work=Eurogamer|date=March 28, 2025|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}
Release
MindsEye was first teased at the end of the Everywhere teaser at Gamescom 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/everything-announced-gamescom-opening-night-live|title=Everything Announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live|first=Ryan|last=Dinsdale|work=IGN|date=March 24, 2023|accessdate=April 3, 2025}} A full teaser for the game was released on 23 March 2023. On 16 October 2024, it was announced that IO Interactive, the developers behind the Hitman series, would publish the game. The game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 10 June 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/mindseye-launches-june-10|title=MindsEye launches June 10|first=Sal|last=Romano|work=Gematsu|date=March 28, 2025|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://ioi.dk/mindseye}}
Category:Upcoming video games scheduled for 2025
Category:Action-adventure games
Category:Unreal Engine 5 games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Open-world video games
Category:Xbox Series X and Series S games
Category:Third-person shooters
Category:Video games set in the United States